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Election 1914 Results

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1914 US Senate election in South Dakota

Edwin S. Johnson (Democrat) beat Charles H. Burke (Republican) in South Dakota in 1914, 48.1% to 44.6%, a margin of 3.5 points and 3,424 votes.

Democrats led in 36 of the 61 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 25. The largest, Minnehaha, cast 5,596 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.1 points. The closest was Dewey, where 8 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Edwin S. Johnson won Democratic 47,668 48.1%
Charles H. Burke Republican 44,244 44.6%
All other candidates 7,184 7.2%
Total99,096

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Minnehaha 2,638 47.1% 2,409 43.0% 549 5,596 D+4.1
Brown 1,885 44.0% 2,012 46.9% 391 4,288 R+3.0
Lawrence 1,471 37.1% 2,329 58.7% 169 3,969 R+21.6
Charles Mix 1,799 59.2% 1,137 37.4% 101 3,037 D+21.8
Yankton 1,830 69.0% 730 27.5% 92 2,652 D+41.5
Beadle 1,211 46.0% 1,034 39.3% 389 2,634 D+6.7
Davison 1,174 46.5% 1,126 44.6% 227 2,527 D+1.9
Spink 1,132 48.5% 974 41.7% 230 2,336 D+6.8
Gregory 1,204 52.5% 1,024 44.7% 64 2,292 D+7.9
Bon Homme 1,363 60.3% 812 35.9% 87 2,262 D+24.4
Codington 971 43.0% 1,050 46.5% 237 2,258 R+3.5
Pennington 1,208 55.1% 880 40.2% 103 2,191 D+15.0
Turner 1,213 55.4% 887 40.5% 90 2,190 D+14.9
Tripp 1,188 57.3% 824 39.7% 62 2,074 D+17.6
Brookings 925 49.2% 781 41.6% 173 1,879 D+7.7
Kingsbury 785 41.8% 889 47.4% 203 1,877 R+5.5
Roberts 567 30.5% 1,059 57.1% 230 1,856 R+26.5
Stanley 935 50.4% 802 43.2% 118 1,855 D+7.2
McCook 962 52.3% 764 41.6% 112 1,838 D+10.8
Union 1,122 61.5% 643 35.3% 58 1,823 D+26.3
Clay 1,109 60.9% 644 35.4% 67 1,820 D+25.5
Lincoln 863 47.9% 802 44.5% 138 1,803 D+3.4
Day 566 31.7% 1,002 56.2% 215 1,783 R+24.5
Lake 703 39.7% 930 52.5% 139 1,772 R+12.8
Meade 1,015 57.6% 604 34.3% 142 1,761 D+23.3
Lyman 986 58.2% 599 35.4% 109 1,694 D+22.8
Hamlin 643 38.4% 871 52.0% 161 1,675 R+13.6
Hutchinson 575 35.8% 937 58.4% 92 1,604 R+22.6
Aurora 943 60.5% 536 34.4% 79 1,558 D+26.1
Perkins 785 53.6% 545 37.2% 134 1,464 D+16.4
Miner 702 48.3% 618 42.5% 133 1,453 D+5.8
Brule 840 58.0% 508 35.1% 101 1,449 D+22.9
Fall River 814 56.3% 578 40.0% 54 1,446 D+16.3
Moody 709 49.0% 561 38.8% 176 1,446 D+10.2
Hand 802 56.0% 507 35.4% 122 1,431 D+20.6
Clark 494 34.7% 755 53.0% 176 1,425 R+18.3
Grant 598 42.0% 720 50.5% 107 1,425 R+8.6
Sanborn 690 49.8% 572 41.3% 124 1,386 D+8.5
Edmunds 560 42.3% 677 51.1% 88 1,325 R+8.8
Hanson 686 52.1% 588 44.7% 42 1,316 D+7.4
Douglas 679 52.0% 586 44.8% 42 1,307 D+7.1
Marshall 594 45.7% 607 46.7% 98 1,299 R+1.0
Faulk 471 41.4% 611 53.6% 57 1,139 R+12.3
Deuel 386 36.5% 567 53.6% 105 1,058 R+17.1
Hughes 381 36.0% 633 59.8% 44 1,058 R+23.8
Walworth 422 40.2% 577 54.9% 52 1,051 R+14.7
Jerauld 500 50.0% 424 42.4% 77 1,001 D+7.6
Harding 484 48.6% 383 38.5% 129 996 D+10.1
McPherson 198 21.0% 720 76.3% 26 944 R+55.3
Potter 301 36.5% 494 59.9% 30 825 R+23.4
Custer 387 50.0% 339 43.8% 48 774 D+6.2
Butte 114 15.3% 462 62.2% 167 743 R+46.8
Corson 327 46.3% 342 48.4% 38 707 R+2.1
Mellette 381 57.2% 276 41.4% 9 666 D+15.8
Hyde 260 40.9% 325 51.2% 50 635 R+10.2
Dewey 291 47.8% 299 49.1% 19 609 R+1.3
Campbell 114 22.2% 369 71.9% 30 513 R+49.7
Sully 209 42.3% 262 53.0% 23 494 R+10.7
Ziebach 226 61.9% 125 34.2% 14 365 D+27.7
Bennett 156 62.9% 57 23.0% 35 248 D+39.9
Buffalo 121 62.4% 66 34.0% 7 194 D+28.4

Counties as they stood in 1914; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

South Dakota Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 John R Thune (R) R+43.5
2020 Mike Rounds (R) R+31.5
2016 John R. Thune (R) R+43.7
2014 Mike Rounds (R) R+20.9
2010 John Thune (R) R+100.0
2008 Tim Johnson (D) D+25.0
2004 John Thune (R) R+1.2
2002 Tim Johnson (D) D+0.2
1998 Tom Daschle (D) D+25.7
1996 Tim Johnson (D) D+2.6
1992 Thomas A. Daschle (D) D+32.4
1990 Larry Pressler (R) R+7.3
1986 Thomas A. Daschle (D) D+3.2
1984 Larry Pressler (R) R+49.0
1980 James Abdnor (R) R+18.8
1978 Larry Pressler (R) R+33.7
1974 George McGovern (D) D+6.1
1972 James Abourezk (D) D+14.1
1968 George McGovern (D) D+13.6
1966 Karl E. Mundt (R) R+32.6
1962 George McGovern (D) D+0.2
1960 Karl E. Mundt (R) R+4.9
1956 Francis Case (R) R+1.6
1954 Karl E. Mundt (R) R+14.6
1950 Francis Case (R) R+27.8
1948 Karl E. Mundt (R) R+18.7
1944 Chandler Gurney (R) R+27.7
1942 Harlan J. Bushfield (R) R+17.5
1938 Chandler Gurney (R) R+4.9
1936 William J. Bulow (D) D+2.1
1932 Peter Norbeck (R) R+9.3
1930 William J. Bulow (D) D+3.3
1926 Peter Norbeck (R) R+26.2
1924 William H. McMaster (R) R+13.3
1920 Peter Norbeck (R) R+30.1
1918 Thomas Sterling (R) R+16.1
1914 Edwin S. Johnson (D) D+3.5